It’s been a habit for as long as Yang can remember. Dad always said it was because sometimes her excess energy pooled in her feet and woke up when she lay down. Sometimes it’s a few hours into her sleep, other times she can’t get to sleep at all, but it always ends in the same thing.
Yang, barefooted, alone and in her pyjamas padding around the house. Most nights her travels take her all the way outside, and that’s where she finds herself sitting now; on the stairs of their home like a smoker at a bar minus the cigarette and the beer breath. (She’s a little young for that yet, and sucks fresh air into her nostrils instead.)
There’s something white at the corner of her eyes, though, and it’s panic that seizes her heart at first. Grimm? They shouldn’t be so close to the house, they never usually come this far. Squinting into the gloom, Yang considers calling for her dad, but childish curiosity wins out over caution, and she creeps quietly across the grass towards the treeline.
There it is again, a swish of white too fast for her to pinpoint what it is. But it seemed to be glowing.
“HEY.” She barked, fists clenching at her sides. If there was a grimm in their garden, she’d make sure it left with a few broken limbs. “Come out where I can see ya!”